Calling Head cam users

spen666

Tell me why I shouldn't buy this head cam and what webcam I should buy instead

Please


http://www.retailgadgets.co.uk/product. ... 249&page=1

itboffin

'Cause you'd look like a dick! :P

Pufftmw

I bought one from eBay for £12 - This One - does what it says on the tin & is perfectly good for a helmet cam.

cee

You shouldn't buy this webcam because it's not a webcam.

The webcam you should buy, should be a webcam.

If on the other hand you want a little digital video recorder, say for instance, for attaching to you or your bike for recording your commute etc.....then you should look for those...and not webcams.

For the helmet cam type digital video recorder, many people on here (maybe more so in the mountain bike side) really rate the Veho Muvi for about the same price.

deptfordmarmoset

Pufftmw wrote:

I bought one from eBay for £12 - This One - does what it says on the tin & is perfectly good for a helmet cam.

Is that the one you used for the Old Kent Road video you uploaded this morning? If so, how have you mounted it - it must stick up like a periscope on the top of your helmet...

lost_in_thought

I thought the point of webcams was that they looked at you, not away from you...

Pufftmw

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Pufftmw wrote:

I bought one from eBay for £12 - This One - does what it says on the tin & is perfectly good for a helmet cam.

Is that the one you used for the Old Kent Road video you uploaded this morning? If so, how have you mounted it - it must stick up like a periscope on the top of your helmet...

To be honest, no! I also have an ATC5K which I had on my handle-bars...

The Mini DV (Veho Muvi clone) comes with a small mount which you can angle. I have it on the front of my helmet. Guess it does look a bit like a periscope though I would prefer to think of it as a rhino horn

I'll stick up a comparison video but I didn't have time to find a side-by-side video program today.

Pufftmw

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Pufftmw wrote:

I bought one from eBay for £12 - This One - does what it says on the tin & is perfectly good for a helmet cam.

Is that the one you used for the Old Kent Road video you uploaded this morning? If so, how have you mounted it - it must stick up like a periscope on the top of your helmet...

I've now added the same stretch of road at the same time taken with the helmet mounted Mini DV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxBf6v8SqM

Lots of sky because I stand up when not cycling lol!

ketsbaia

Pufftmw wrote:

I bought one from eBay for £12 - This One - does what it says on the tin & is perfectly good for a helmet cam.

+1. Used one to video some of the Marmotte. Amazing footage considering the price. Did feel a bit of a plonker with it protruding out of the top of my head, though.

kelsen

What's the reliability like of the Mini DV? Also, how much use can you expect until the battery completely dies and no longer holds a charge?

Pufftmw

2-3 hours is the quoted figure but the problem I discovered is that the camera is pretty resource hungry and devoured a 2Gb MicroSD in 20 minutes - at which point the camera turns off.

Max supported size is 32Gb so just make sure you have a decent sized SD card

ketsbaia

The problem I found was understanding the Wronglish instructions.

cee

boooooooooooo for editing your topic title and OP to correct the webcam mistake!